Jordan Durham: agent of the Global Defense Department
Jordan Durham was a special agent in Caprica's Global Defense Department, tasked with investigating terrorist threats. After the Soldiers of the One bombed the Caprica City maglev, he led the inquiry and came to realize the GDD itself had been infiltrated by the terrorist movement.
Jordan Durham was a special agent of the Global Defense Department on Caprica, charged with investigating terrorist threats. Following the Soldiers of the One bombing of the Caprica City maglev system, Durham took up the investigation of the attack and gradually became aware that the Soldiers of the One had infiltrated the Global Defense Department itself.
Service in the Global Defense Department#
Durham served as a special agent of the Global Defense Department, the Caprican agency responsible for guarding against terrorist threats. His name was on occasion also recorded as "Duram."
When the Soldiers of the One carried out a bombing of the maglev system in Caprica City, Durham was assigned to investigate the attack. In the course of that work he came to realize that the Soldiers of the One had reached inside the Global Defense Department, leaving the agency itself compromised by the movement it was meant to oppose.
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